ewc78 wrote: » U ok hun xxx
Casey78 wrote: » Out running today,was crossing at a set of lights(I and the others crossing had a green man) and a cyclist decided to keep going through the red he had. Woman with a buggy had to stop or she would have been hit. If I was any closer to him I wouldn't have hesitated in pushing him off the bike. Laughed at the youngfella who shouted, did you not see the red light you prick after him, to which the cyclist gave him the finger, the smug bastard. In other news I enjoyed a lovely cycle yesterday with my 5 year old. Only convinced him to take stabilisers off a few weeks ago and we did 12km yesterday. He was delighted with himself. Some great cycle lanes around Lucan to be fair.
ewc78 wrote: » How'd you convince the young fella? My lad is 6 and refuses to let me take them off his bike.
Chiparus wrote: » You appear to have issues.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Cyclists don't usually wear helmet cams. A tiny number of cyclists wear them, and still manage to find motorists breaking late reds as a matter of routine.
TaurenDruid wrote: » I've been hit twice while on the footpath by cyclists. One young prick ended up in bushes for his trouble. The other wasn't a serious impact, cos I saw it was going to happen and braced. That's two in 18 months. I've never been knocked down by a bike. Nor did I ever say I was. Several near misses at lights. The rules of the road are for all road users, and are crystal clear: "Stop on red." Not all cyclists do. This is the bit where if we were talking about cars breaking reds, Andy would pull a figure from the air... a "study" that only publishes some of the data collected, and, hmm, yes, is several years old. Guess that's ok for pro-cyclist stuff, though. A couple of "extra" near misses in the last while, too, as I now don't get out of the way of cyclists, when they cycle towards me on their phone. They're going slow, though, and seem to retain enough peripheral permission to realise there's an obstacle ahead. The reason I'm no longer avoiding them and jumping out of their away? Might be something to do with attitude I see here, where I - a person with friends and family who cycle and who has repeatedly said they support better, separated cycling infrastructure - can get called an exaggerating liar cos it doesn't suit your cyclists-are-all-saints-narrative.
TaurenDruid wrote: » Oh, yeah, I do. Muppets and inconsiderate **** on footpaths who think I should get out of their way is one of my issues. Muppets on here full of whataboutery, who think they're above the law is another. My taking out my frustration on the first group because of the bull**** coming from the keyboards of the second group is not big or clever, but hey, apparently it's cool now not to give a **** about anyone else.
Thargor wrote: » Well that all sounds perfectly healthy and not deranged in the slightest!
TaurenDruid wrote: » What's "deranged" about not getting out of the way of some muppet too engrossed in his phone to look where he's going, knowing he's going to get a start and possibly drop his phone? It's amusing. What actually would be deranged would be getting hit twice by muppets on bikes, while on the footpath, and thinking ah, sure that's grand, the roads are too dangerous for them, I'll shut up and never mention it again.
TaurenDruid wrote: » Oh, yeah, I do. Muppets and inconsiderate **** on footpaths who think I should get out of their way is one of my issues. Muppets on here full of whataboutery, who think they're above the law is another.My taking out my frustration on the first group because of the bull**** coming from the keyboards of the second group is not big or clever, but hey, apparently it's cool now not to give a **** about anyone else.
Thargor wrote: » Well when you consider the vast vast majority of pedestrians manage to get around their whole lives without any interaction with a cyclist positive or negative and you're out ther getting knocked down regularly when you're not standing your ground against oncoming cyclists or as you admit in the post below "taking out your frustrations" on some innocents because of the actions of others on a regular basis it really doesnt sound like healthy behaviour, maybe something for you to examine yourself:
Thargor wrote: » And the taking out your frustrations on one group based on the actions of another, how does that work? Sounds interesting and totally normal...
TaurenDruid wrote: » Asked and answered...
TaurenDruid wrote: » Actually the number of cyclists wearing headcams is at 21.08% and rising. 26.24% if you count go-pros!
AndrewJRenko wrote: » I know well that you're taking the pi$$, but you could reduce those numbers by an order of magnitude and it would still be a huge overestimate. Before lockdown, I would see maybe one other cyclist with camera each month. I'm sure I missed a few, particularly those mounted on the handlebars, but they are still few and far between.
TaurenDruid wrote: » https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/status/1284563453462618113 "At the end of the day, nobody was hurt."
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Let's cross that bridge when we come to it.
SeanW wrote: » All that pic proved was that people sometimes do stupid things. Which will come as a surprise to precisely nobody. I'm sure in Andy's mind it proves something else, but what that might be I shouldn't be asking :rolleyes:
07Lapierre wrote: » Yet another very rare car rollover! The sooner drivers are required to wear helmets ( and have roll cages fitted) ... after all if it saves one life!https://twitter.com/dubfirebrigade/status/1285316479802642432?s=21
Tea drinker wrote: » Ok I detect sarcasm, but can you elucidate on your point here, I literally don't understand
Casey78 wrote: » Hopefully they find this guy who committed this hit and run....https://news.sky.com/story/pedestrian-dies-after-hit-and-run-in-east-london-as-police-search-for-cyclist-12027919
meeeeh wrote: » This is equivalent of Muslim threads in AH. The more people get injured/killed more delightful arguments can be made. All this is done by the same people who count RIPs in the readers comments. It stinks of hypocrisy.
Thargor wrote: » Well said, imagine taking pleasure from reading a story about an old man getting knocked down and killed then gleefully reposting it in this thread to make some idiotic anti-cycling point? Sad...
